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Magic Online - Gathering Fans?
Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the Wired News article discussing the relative success of Magic: The Gathering Online. According to the article: "They said that it couldn't and shouldn't be done.. but a year after the online game's launch - and a decade after the original Magic craze began - more than 100,000 players have registered for the Internet edition.. and almost 40 million digital cards have been traded." The piece also discusses the pro players available to duel with online "..it's like having Allen Iverson or Latrell Sprewell hanging out at your neighborhood playground, always ready for a quick game of one-on-one."
Yeah, and for every Allen Iverson there are 25-30 foul-mouthed little punks who will scream obscenities at you for every lay-up and then disappear into a puff of smoke seconds before your final shot, which would win you the game.
Or worse (just to belabor the analogy even more) they'll take the ball and sit on it when you're one shot from victory and refuse to budge until you need to go home, at which point they'll cry, "Quitter! I didn't lose! You quit! Ha ha ha!"
Who needs that?
A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.